Wayne Alman, 52, was behind the wheel of a B36 bus Dec. 14 when he drove into Eleonora Shulkin, 62, during a left turn from Avenue Z onto E. 17th St. in Sheepshead Bay.

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Shulkin, a hotel worker in Manhattan who had just finished her shift, was carrying heavy bags of groceries as she walked across E. 17th St. in the crosswalk around 6 p.m. after leaving her son's place, according to police and witnesses.

Shulkin, her family's beloved caregiver, was taken to Coney Island Hospital in traumatic arrest, and later died.

The driver who struck the woman on Dec. 14 has been arrested. (Ken Murray/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)

Alman, who joined the MTA in 2007, had stayed on the scene following the gruesome collision and was not arrested at the time.

But after a week of investigating, police charged Alman with failure to yield to a pedestrian.

The city's so-called Right of Way law creates a misdemeanor charge for drivers who severely injure or kill pedestrians who are walking with the right of way.

Police block off the scene where a woman was struck by a city bus in Brooklyn on Dec. 14. (Ken Murray/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)

The TWU had led a campaign against the Right of Way law, arguing it unfairly targeted bus drivers involved in collisions that are out of their control.

A TWU official said Alman received a desk appearance ticket and will be in court next month.

"Our position remains the same. If a bus operator's actions or behavior was not overtly reckless, then his or her arrest is improper," said John Samuelsen, TWU Local 100 president. "We are still investigating this incident but the union will defend its bus operators."